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Iris Murdoch: We live in...

Iris Murdoch: We live in...

We live in a fantasy world, a world of illusion. The great task in life is to find...

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Natalie Clifford Barney: It is time...

Natalie Clifford Barney: It is time...

It is time for dead languages to be quiet.

Source: In Adam, no. 299, On Writing and...

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Jane Austen: Those who do...

Jane Austen: Those who do...

Those who do not complain are never pitied.

Source: Pride & Prejudice, 1813.
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Gloria Naylor: Time's passage through...

Gloria Naylor: Time's passage through...

Time's passage through the memory is like molten glass that can be opaque or crystallize at any given moment at will:...

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Marguerite Duras: The woman is...

Marguerite Duras: The woman is...

The woman is the home. That's where she used to be, and that's where she still is. You might ask me, What if a man...

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Anne Bronte: Keep guard over...

Anne Bronte: Keep guard over...

Keep guard over your eyes and ears as the inlets of your heart, and over your lips as the outlets, lest they betray...

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Carson McCullers: There's nothing that...

Carson McCullers: There's nothing that...

There's nothing that makes you so aware of the improvisation of human existence as a song unfinished. Or an old...

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Anne Tyler: I'ts true that...

Anne Tyler: I'ts true that...

I'ts true that it [writing] is a solitary occupation, but you would be surprised at how much companionship a group of...

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Gayl Jones: My great-grandmama told...

Gayl Jones: My great-grandmama told...

My great-grandmama told my grandmama . . . and my grandmama told my mama what they both lived through and my mama told...

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Anne Sophie Swetchine: In this world...

Anne Sophie Swetchine: In this world...

In this world of change, nothing which comes stays, and nothing which goes is lost.

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Margot Asquith: The spirit of...

Margot Asquith: The spirit of...

The spirit of man is an inward flame; a lamp the world blows upon but never puts out.

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Harper Lee: I do much...

Harper Lee: I do much...

I do much of my creative thinking while golfing. If people know you're working at home they think nothing of walking...

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Toni Morrison: Bit by bit...

Toni Morrison: Bit by bit...

Bit by bit . . . she had claimed herself. Freeing yourself was one thing; claiming ownership of that freed self was...

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Anne Rice: Very few beings...

Anne Rice: Very few beings...

Very few beings really seek knowledge in this world. Mortal or immortal, few really ASK. On the contrary, they try to...

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Anzia Yezierska: In America, money...

Anzia Yezierska: In America, money...

In America, money takes the place of God.

Source: In Words of Women Quotations for...

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Judith Krantz: It's that or...

Judith Krantz: It's that or...

It's that or get fat again, she told herself, as she . . . searched the windows for new merchandise. The thrill was in...

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Taylor Caldwell: Learning . ....

Taylor Caldwell: Learning . ....

Learning . . . should be a joy and full of excitement. It is life's greatest adventure; it is an illustrated excursion...

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Louisa May Alcott: Fame is a...

Louisa May Alcott: Fame is a...

Fame is a pearl many dive for and only a few bring up. Even when they do, it is not perfect, and they sigh for more,...

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George Eliot: It is seldom...

George Eliot: It is seldom...

It is seldom that the miserable of the world can help regarding their misery as a wrong inflicted by those who are...

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George Eliot: A difference of...

George Eliot: A difference of...

A difference of tastes in jokes is a great strain on the affections.

Source: Daniel...

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